Hidden Door Or: I Would Never Come Out of the Dungeon

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1 - Tarpaulin tents cover the toilet area in the cordoned off section of garden in Antioch, California.

2 - The outdoor shower reportedly used by the three girls.

3 - A ramshackle wooden structure is thought to have been used for storage.

4 - A plastic swimming pool sits empty of water and covered in leaves.

5 - A children's yellow slide.

6 - A teddy bear lies on a trampoline.

7 - A fence separates the secret compound from rest of the garden.

8 - This white shed was reportedly sound-proofed.

9 - Another shed makes up what is believed to be the cramped sleeping area for Jaycee and her daughters.

10 - Trees prevent neighbours from seeing into this part of Garrido's garden.

11 - Some of the tents and sheds are visible from this side of the property.

COMMON REACTIONS TO BEING KIDNAPPED:

"Sometimes I dreamt of chopping his head off, if I had an axe," she said. "You see how the brain works when it's looking for a solution. I kept thinking, I surely was not born to let myself be locked up and have my life ruined."

"I am a great lover of freedom," she said. "I am thoroughly drunk with the thought of freedom."